toeS, JJubliHie'd among the Papers of the BatK A*gncultural 

 Society, for 1788. In thefe a prodigious diffevence is no- 

 ticed, between tiie produce from large cutting and that 

 from fmaili in favour of large ones, as nine io cm 



That a confiderable difference of produce niigHWcape 

 the obfervation of mere practical farmers, who feUgni 

 make comparative experiments, is readily to be fuppofet 

 and that, therefore, it might flill be a difputed poin^ 

 amongfl them> whether large or fmall cuttings are moH: 

 profitable, as the author who relates thofe experiments af- 

 iertsit island as v/e know it to be here. But v/e can hardly 

 fuppofe that any farmer, who fliould fee one acre in his 

 heighbour's field produce as much as nine in his own^ 

 would continue in-dttehtiVe to the advantage of ufing larger 

 feed* 



In the extrafts, where this amazing difproportion of 

 produce is mentioned, it is not dated what proportion the 

 cuttings, ufed in the one and in the other cafe, bore to each 

 ether. Probably there v/as a greater difference than be- 

 tween thofe which are commonly ufed here. However, if 

 the lofs by planting fmall cuttings ffiould only be one half> 

 or even one fourth part of that mentioned above, flill it 

 ^ would be an objecl highly deferving the attention of farm- 

 ers. I thought^ therefore, it might not be a ufelefs ex- 

 periment, to try two or three different fizes of cutting.*, 

 near to thofe ufually planted in this neighbourhood^ and 

 to mark the difference of produce, if any. 



For this purpofe^ in the fecond week of June laff, I took 

 an equal number of cuttings, of three different nzes ; the 

 largeft (No. i.) were fomewhat larger than thofe ufually 

 planted here. The fecond fize, which I ftiall call No. 2, 

 was lefs than one half of No. 1. The third fize (No. 3.J 

 was about one third of No. 2.* 



1 planted loo hills with each fize, four cuttings in 

 tith hiU. The land, manure, and cultivation as nearly a*, 

 like as 1 could make them. 



From 



• The cuttings of eacti fize were weighed, and the weight rioted at the tim« 

 of planrinj^, but the memoianduin has been ininaid. However, although I 

 cannot recoiled the abfoiute weight, 1 am cenaWi the proportion to each oth- 

 er Wdf, very nearly, as above. 



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